Re: Re-engineered: Wizardry III, Legacy of Llylgamyn

[Vladimir Ivanov <vladitx@XXXyahooXXX.com>]

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012, TommyGoog wrote:

> On what type of computer (or simulator) would you use this 3.5" disk
> version of Wizardry III?

Apple 3.5" External drive on:
  - //e equipped with SuperDrive controller card
  - //c+
  - IIgs

Unidisk 3.5" drive on:
  - //e equipped with Liron controller card
  - //c with ROM version > 255 (e.g. 0, 3, 4)
  - //c+
  - IIgs

> When I played the game (last year) and did my re-engineering of the
> code, it was all done with the AppleWin.exe simulator on a WindowsXP
> PC.  I don't think that simulator supports 3.5" diskettes, but it does
> support a hard-drive in slot 7.  Unfortunately, Apple Pascal 1.1 does
> not recognize slot 7 as a disk device.

3.5" floppy images are simply hard-drive images. ProDOS treats both as 
block devices with block size of 512 bytes, and so do emulators.


So, if you feel that adventurous about porting the game, check ProDOS and 
the existing Pascal implementations for it.

ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/programming/pascal/

Perhaps Kyan and Lazer Pascal could be interesting start. I have 
experience only with Instant Pascal, and while groundbreaking learning 
tool for the Apple II (and a heroic programming effort), it does not have 
enough free memory for "serious" work.

You should also check whether Apple Pascal 1.2 and 1.3 have support for 
ProDOS devices.